Let's ride. Let's have some fun in this dreary winter. This is short run out of the city through Broady to the historic town of Clarkefield and then to the big Gisborne Market. Let's get out of the city, and we'll get you home mid afternoon just in case the weather turns sour.
Visit the Emu Creek Bridge - the very one where Johny met his end in the original Mad Max movie.
Visit the historic Clarkefeild hotel - the Club will shout you a coffee or a morning sherry!
We've done this ride before and it's a goodie.Total 140 kms, back country roads all the way.
Suitable for all types of bikes and rider experience. New members and inexperienced riders - come along, we will look after you.
We'll ride through some beautiful country, stop on the way at the old bridge that featured in the original Mad Max film, and then to the small town of Clarkefield to admire the old Coach & Horses Inn and Cobb and Co stables. We'll have a late morning coffee there - perhaps even a sherry, before moving on to Gisborne. There's a huge monthly market on the first Sunday of each month. Lots to see and buy and we'll have lunch there too. Stay as long as you like or weather permitting.
I'll then take you on my very secret and excellent back roads route to Sunbury. Then to Bulla, where we can do a bit of plane spotting. After that we can either take our same Pascoe Vale Rd or do a quick freeway ride to finish at Essendon again.
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Well done intrepid crew. Hope to see those back roads one day.
Late start to today's ride but it paid off in the end. Only 3 of us but we enjoyed the quiet roads, got out of the city in a flash, and the sun came out for us all bar a big downpour just before arriving at Gisborne for the market. After enjoying a delicious freshing cooked Gozleme we headed back to the city via a new route Greg has sussed out and wow, lovely windy roads, a sudden view of the city in the distance, a slight back track to get on the right route and after a stop at the airport lookout we weaved our way back through the airport to our starting point at Johnny Pump for a well earned wine. Renee I hope you enjoyed the personal country road tour today... and how lucky were we that the sun shone most of the way... :)
I've enjoyed this ride in the past and now it comes with new secret back roads. Unfortunately I'm under the pump putting a Vespa engine back together this weekend. Have a great ride everybody. David
Damn, it's Fathers Day...